The use of BCE/CE certainly has become more common in recent years but it is not a...
History
Examining different historical calendars and the origin of the western calendar. Principles of Historical Calendars Overview Most...
Looking into the underlying causes of the Salem Witch Trials in the 17th century. By Vicki Saxon...
Forty-five years ago, ‘The Exorcist’ terrified viewers with its portrayal of a practice that goes back several centuries and continues today...
There has been a true arms race, where every advance in body armor has required a more...
Siege tactics were a crucial part of medieval warfare. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Siege tactics were a...
The weapon ceased to exist by the time the Ottoman Empire finally conquered Constantinople in 1453. September...
The napalm of ancient warfare. By Mark CartwrightHistor Introduction Greek Fire was an incendiary weapon first used in Byzantine...
One area in which Archimedes excelled was in the design and construction of great war machines. By...
Combating malaria through travel, diet, natural remedies, and architecture in early modern England. From standing PoolesFrom boggs;...
In 1421, the newly elected mayor of Coventry, England issued a proclamation that gives us insights into...
Diderot was not a practicing scientist, but was as close to one as he could be. A...
The foundation was laid for Modernity by the philosophies and theories of the Enlightenment. Antecedents to Modernity...
Without doubt, gladiator spectacles were one of the most watched forms of popular entertainment in the Roman...
“The people are only anxious for two things: bread and circuses.” Introduction Two men ready their weapons....
Pest control was a political act in late-nineteenth-century Hawaiʻi, helping sugarcane planters pursue annexation to the United...
The crisis affected all kind of people: whites, mestizos, and indigenous people; herders, large cattle owners, and...
Medieval commerce had little space for a specialized law, and merchants had little need for it. Abstract...
Strategies in translating the first national law-code of Norway, the Landslov from 1274, into English. Abstract This...
“She killed her sister, butchered her elder brothers, murdered the ruler, poisoned her mother,” the chronicles say....
His name was synonymous with terror among his enemies and the general populace of the territories that...
The dialectic of Plato’s civic architecture is centered on an account of justice as geometrical equality. Abstract...
The idea of the “people” as a united force suffused the imagery of the New Deal era....
Eighty years ago, the publication of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath shocked the world with...
Constructing a “national” identity of the Athenian inhabitants during the tyrannical governance of Peisistratos and his sons....
What is it to understand a language, hence others? By Dr. Paul TomassiFormer Professor of PhilosophyUniversity of...
Whenever a folk tradition becomes popular, you can be sure that a large company will try to...
Debunking some long-held false notions of the holiday. #1 Myth Retailers Have Ruined Christmas By Commercializing It...
Several of Santa’s modern features, such as his generosity, miracle-working, and focus on morality (being ‘naughty or nice’), were part of his image from the very...
Behind today’s mythical Santa Claus from the North Pole, is a real saint – St. Nicholas. How he came to be today’s gift-giving...